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Equivocation

This summer, discover Theatricum Botanicum's “garden of theater,” a spectacular outdooramphitheater nestled in the heart of Topanga Canyon. At once an explosive comedy of ideas and a high-stakes political thriller, this bold new work deftly reveals the cat-and-mouse games in politics and art, and the craft of learning how to speak the truth in difficult times. In London in the year 1605, a down-and-out playwright called “Shagspeare” receives a royal commission from King James to write a play promoting the government's version of the Gunpowder Plot, a recent failed attempt to blow up Parliament and the Monarchy. As Shag navigates the dangerous course between writing a lie and losing his soul or writing the truth and losing his head, his devoted theater troupe helps him negotiate each step of the way. Winner of the 2010 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award. “One of the most bracingly intelligent, sizzlingly theatrical American plays in a decade.” —Variety; Sept. 5-Oct. 4; Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd. ,Topanga CA  90290; $25-$37; (310) 455-3723 or www.theatricum.com, Visit us on facebook: www.facebook.com/theatricum, Follow us on twitter: @theatricum

Tags: Equivocation, politics, art, thriller, London, Shakespeare, King James, Parliament,Monarchy, 1605, Theatricum Botanicum, Topanga, amphitheater, summer, Bard, los angeles

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